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Stepping up pressure on Hamas, Trump said in a social media post that several US allies had expressed readiness to enter Gaza. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Hamas of a “FAST, FURIOUS & BRUTAL” response if it fails to “do what is right,” as Washington pushes for the next, more complex stage of a Gaza ceasefire that has already been repeatedly strained. Stepping up pressure on Hamas, Trump said in a social media post that several US allies had expressed readiness to enter Gaza and strike Hamas, but he told them and Israel “not yet.” Trump wrote, “Numerous…

Delhi pollution: Of the total 38 monitoring stations in Delhi, 35 were in the ‘red zone’, indicating ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ air quality. Delhi remained shrouded in a thick layer of smog on Tuesday, a day after Diwali, even as the city’s Air Quality Index remained in the ‘very poor’ category. The national capital saw a marginal rise in pollution levels on Tuesday, with the AQI at 351, marginally up from 345, on the day of Diwali, the daily bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board showed. The city celebrated the Festival of Light with green fireworks, a departure from…

Aqil Akhtar, son of former Punjab DGP, died under suspicious circumstances after alleging family conspiracy in a video on social media. A sensational twist has emerged in the mysterious death of former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa’s son, Aqil Akhtar, after a resurfaced video showed the 35-year-old alleging that his father had an affair with his wife – and that his mother and sister were conspiring to kill him. The Haryana Police on Tuesday booked Mustafa, a retired DGP (human rights), and his wife, former minister and three-time MLA Razia Sultana, for the alleged murder of their son in Panchkula on…

The case took a chilling turn when a family acquaintance from Malerkotla, held a press conference highlighting a social media post by the son. On Tuesday, Haryana Police booked former Punjab Director General of Police Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former minister Razia Sultana, in connection with the alleged murder of their 35-year-old son, Aqil Akhtar, in Panchkula. The case took a chilling turn when Shamshudeen Chaudhary, a family acquaintance from Malerkotla, held a press conference highlighting a social media post by Aqil from August. In the post, he made explosive allegations against his family, claiming that an attempt was…

This comes as part of India’s engagement with the Taliban while stopping short of a formal recognition of the regime that came to power in August 2021. India on Tuesday announced the upgrading of its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan from the status of a technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy as part of its engagement with the Taliban while stopping short of a formal recognition of the regime that came to power in August 2021. The formal announcement from the external affairs ministry came less than a week after Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi concluded his visit…

Former India captain Rohit Sharma praised Nitish Kumar Reddy in Perth, calling him an all-format great after Ajit Agarkar’s backing of the young all-rounder. Former India captain Rohit Sharma presented the ODI debut cap to all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy ahead of the first game of the three-match series against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday. Coincidentally, it was the same venue where he made his Test debut last November in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener, receiving the cap from another legend, Virat Kohli, who was also present on Sunday. In the visuals shown at the time of the…

Elon Musk touts X chat as secure and AWS-free after a massive AWS outage disrupts major global apps like Snapchat and Fortnite. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a massive global outage on Monday, disrupting a wide range of popular websites and apps across the world, billionaire Elon Musk took a swipe at the tech giant – promoting his own messaging platform, X chat, as a safer, independent alternative. “The messages (on X chat) are fully encrypted with no advertising hooks or strange ‘AWS dependencies’ such that I can’t read your messages even if someone put a gun to my…

Snapchat down: Amazon confirmed that its cloud services unit, AWS, was experiencing disruptions that impacted multiple websites and apps, including Snapchat. Snapchat down: If you’ve been unable to send Snaps or load messages on Snapchat, you’re not alone. The popular social media app was among several major online platforms affected by a widespread outage linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday. Amazon confirmed that its cloud services unit, AWS, was experiencing disruptions that impacted multiple websites and apps across the world. “We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 region,” the company…

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who acknowledged Sunday that securing the jewels was a “major weak spot”. The Louvre remained closed for a second day Monday as police hunted the thieves behind a daring daylight heist that saw priceless jewels stolen, even on camera. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who acknowledged Sunday that securing the jewels was a “major weak spot,” said the raid lasted just seven minutes and was likely carried out by an experienced team, possibly “foreigners.” The intervention of museum staff forced the thieves to abandon some of their equipment, the culture ministry added. Four thieves are being hunted…

The development comes days after the party declared it would fight the upcoming polls independently. In a sudden reversal, the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced that it will not contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, senior JMM leader Sudivya Kumar said his party will review the alliance in Jharkhand with the Congress and RJD, and give a befitting reply to the “snub”. The development comes two days after the Hemant Soren-led party announced that it would contest the elections independently in six assembly segments. The move comes amid growing uncertainty within the INDIA bloc over…